St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-18

entire satisfaction OF their fashionable
employers without pressing one foot
firmly against the bedpost.
DIED WITH HIS BOOTS ON.
The Killing of the Notorious Des.
perado, Lee Renfro.
Apache County (Ariz.) Critic.
The readers of the Critic will begin to
think that that the tragic carnival of
death is holding daily sessions in the
mountains on the border of Apache and
Graham counties. But be that as it may,
this seems to be cold year for outlaws
and murdererS in this vicinity
By way of preface to the detailed re-
port of the killing of that daStardly mur-
derer, Lee Reufro, which occurred the
Sth day of this month i'm the White
mountains, in Graham county, l will
briefly relate the circumstances under
which RenfrO murdered Isaac n. Ell
linger, well known in this community.
young man of strict integrity, tenn
perate habits and possessing all the
qualities that are requisite to make a
good citizen.
Some time last fall, while Ellinger
was temporarily absent from his ranch,
WHiOA was DleudGCu JuSU uOSSSS GllC tCl-
rit0rial line in New Mexico, and known
as the Cottonwood ranch, one Craig,
at the instigation of one Renfro,
Jumped the property. MFR. Ellinger
had purchased the property more than
a year previous, and had made it his
home and headquarters. On or about
the 9th of November last, he, in COM
pany with Wilds p. Plummer. went to
Clienega Amarillo the Clanton ranch),
and, it being about noon, Ellinger and
his friend Plummer, upon the invita-
ton of the ClantOns, dismounted and
took dinner. Besides these two gentle
men there were present at the table Ike
and Phin Clanton, Lee Renfro and Bill
Jackson. While dining the subject of
the Jumping of the ranch came up, but
to finish eating were Mr.. Ellin-
ger, Ike Clanton and Lee Renfro, who
arose and passed to Phin Clunton's
cabin, some ten or twelve steps distant
They had but entered the room when
Renfro commenced to abuse Ellinger
for something that it was reported had
been said about the jumping of the
ranch, at the same time picking up his
siX-shooter from the table and walking
toward EIlinger.
ELLINGER'S KILLING.
At this iuncture Ike Clanton stepped
in between them, but RenfrO suddenly
threw his pistol around Ike and shot
Ellinger in the breast. Mr.. Ellinger
lived several days in great agony, suf-
fering thousand deaths, and died on
RenfrO, seeing that his victim had re-
ceiyed mortal wound, asked for
horse, which was at once furnished by
the Clanton's, and Lee Renfro rode
away and has been Skulking in the
mountains of Arizona the most of the
time since, fugitive from justice, with
no other company than outlaws and
wild beasts.
1t is strange how these kindiof charac-
tiers, in spite OF their precautions, meet
their doom. Renfro, with some of his
kindred spirits, was camped in canon
opening out ON the Rio BOnito, in the
mountains on the Apache Indian reser-
yatiOn, on the Sth day of this month.
accompanied by three men furnished
him by the agent of the San Carlos
Indians, by a singular chance, happened
to be hunting for stolen cattle belonging
to the San Carlos agency, in the neigh
borhood where Renfro and his company
were camped. AS the officer and his
posse were riding across plateau they
observed man coming out of canon
about $50 yards distant, OH foot and in
his shirt-sleeves. The officer said to
two of his men: 'sYou fellows ride over
to that man and tell him that we are
from the Southern country, and if posi-
BILE get him to come over here,
about the trails" The two men
rode over to the man in his shirtsleeves,
and, conversing with him few mo-
ments, they together returned to where
they had left the officer and his remain
ing companion, who had in the mean
time dismOunted and were pretending
to be fixing their saddles. When the
approaching party was within ten or
fifteen PAGES the secret service officer,
who had his horse between him and the
approaching party, recognized Renfro.
RECOGNIZED AND SHOT.
He quickly stepped in front of his
horse and called out: Lee Renfro,
order twice. Renfro. instead of obey
ing the command, attempted to pull his
SiX-ShOoter, when the officer fired, shoot
ing him through the upper part of the
heart and the left lung .RenfrO fell. The
officer ran to him, and RenfrO, calling
= III by name, asked:
''Did you shoot me for moneys"
The officer replied, mo l shot you
because you resisted arrest"
RenfrO then said, Il suppose it is all
up with me-" and asked the officer to
take his watch and other effects he had
OH his person and send them to his
brother in Cowboy, Texas, and without
speaking another word he breathed his
last.
This man Renfro was an abject and
Servile tool of Ike Clanton, who met the
same fate but few weeks before, and
they both occupy untimely graves with
in twenty miles of each other i'll the
wilds of the White Mountains.
1t is remarkable the swift and terrific
retribution which has followed every
man closely connected with the Jump
ing of the CottOnwOOdS ranch and the
murder of Ike Ellinger.
Craig, the man who jumped the ranch,
was shot and killed at Fairview. n. NJ,
in a drunken Wrangle over horse race.
Ike Clanton, who was present when Ell
linger was shot down, followed closely
in Craig's trail, leading into the dark
valley of death, and now comes on the
same CHASTITY trail the quaking, cring-
ing, murder0uS soul of Lee RenfrO, all
crimSoned with the blood of an honOred
citizen, rushing headl0ng in quest of
two kindred spirits who have so shortly
preceded him into the great unknown
at''undiseOvered country from whence
no traveller returns"
Thus ends the fourth act in the bloody
tragedy OF the murder of Isaac Ellin-
ger.
How Steve Figures.
Washington Post.
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